MEMBER PROFILE FOR Stormlord
Average Overall Score Given: 9.66667 / 10
Total Forum Posts: 670
Reviews
Deus Ex: Invisible War
Overall: Based nearly 20 years after Deus Ex. The story so far has many twists and the game allows you to choose your alliance. Either with the order or the WTO. The sheer awesomeness of interacting with every object in the world. YES I MEAN EVERY OBJECT!Gameplay: AWESOME. The freedom you're given is phenominal. Multiple paths can be taken to accomplish missions. You can be stealthy or just just be a barbarian and kill all who stand in your way. The RPG elements are great and never get boring.
Graphics: Hands down the best looking Xbox game so far. The real time lighting works on everything. The bump mapping is marvelous. My only gripe is that some people seem expressionless, and the lip sync looks great but not awesome. Other than that it truly reminds you why the Xbox is still considered to be the most powerful console.
Audio: Fantastic... Even on stereo the sound is great. Every object has its very own distinct sound some of the voice acting was good but not as convincing as other games like GTA III and VC. I also personally love the song played on menu screen, especially with the womans beautiful singing.
Suggestions: MAKE DEUS EX 3 AND TRY TO MAKE ATLEAST AN ONLINE CO-OP SO WE CAN ALL SEE THE AWESOME CHARACTERS OUR FEELOW GAMERS HAVE MADE!
Overall Score: 10.0 / 10
Return to Castle Wolfenstein: Tides of War
Overall: An awesome single-player and multiplayer experience. Ever wanted to know what it's like to play Resident Evil in FPS mode? Well here's your chance...well not really but it's the next best thing. Ever wanted to be in the frontlines of a full blown war? Go for it!Gameplay: It's the same as a lot of shooters. Run and gun but now it needs a little tactic. Maybe not for the Nazis but the Zombies with armor need some out thinking. But everyone knows that multiplayer is where it's at. With the LIVE communicator it's way easier than PC to set up a plan to complete a mission. On Axis I was able to come up with a plan to defend the AA gun in Depot. On Allies we broke up into groups to assault the bunkers in the Beach Invasion. The communicator is definately a blessing when it comes to a multiplayer liks this. I don't think I'll go back to the PC for a while (unless they keep releasing more user made maps). But either way it's a must have in your LIVE library even if you already have it on PC.
Graphics: I wouldn't say it's way better than the PC version, but it does show improvement on it. The water looks amazing (yes it does beat PC's) and the new textures are brilliant. I really like how they also added some better CG movies, the new lighting, and new player skins. And can anyone tell me where have they seen better looking fire and explosions? But it is a game running and the old Quake 3 engine (although it's still can make your jaw drop). Halo, Splinter Cell and Unreal Championship blow this one out of the water but this little guy can run with the big boys. The frames take a dive during co-op but on single-player and on a lag free server on LIVE it's no problem. I even saw 3 airstrikes online at the same time and the frames were still good. And only a HGTV will do this game justice...the higher resolution will make it better than the PC. :)
Audio: THE BEST SOUND I HAVE HEARD SO FAR! The explsions, sound of bullets bouncing off walls, and the sound of machine gun fire. Chaos of war is like music to my ears. Halo, Splinter Cell and Unreal Championship may look better but don't sound better. This has raised the bar on what I'm expecting from a good audio track. But it would have been nice to have the music on your box HD to be played during single-player. Hey we can't win'em all right? And if you want to do this game justice again, you need to be using a surround sound 5.1 system. It's great with the TV speakers but blows everything away on a good sound system. It'll definately make good use of your sub-woofer.
Suggestions: LET US MAKE OUR OWN MAPS AND ALLOW MORE THAN JUST 16 PEOPLE NEXT TIME! I'm really tired of just 16. I want 32 and 64 players!
Overall Score: 9.0 / 10
Unreal Championship
Overall: Great game, Deathmatchers and team players will love this game. It brings flat out fun for all gamers.Gameplay: Deathmatch and Capture the flag is still fun but it's the same in every game. What helps is double-domination and bombing run (I'm addicted to it). Lastman standing is ok but you hate to die and have to wait for the round to be over.
Graphics: Visually stunning. Halo looks better but then again Halo moves at a slower pace which gives you a chance to see the beauty of the game. UC still amazes you as you blow your oponents to hell. The water kicks major arse even 2k3's water can't compare. The water even swells and moves realistically like if you were there. The graphics are a little more tweaked than UT2k3 (I guess 2k3 is less tweaked so you won't drop in FPS when 18-32 people or bots are in the game). The weapons' look beat 2k3's ten fold. PC fanboys will claim that theirs is visually better because of higher resolution. This is at 640X480 it already shows it has better graphics than 2k3; then that means when you combine an HDTV with progressive scan, your X-Box connected to the TV with the S-Video connection, and then set your X-Box to support Widescreen (rather than normal) this will increase your resolution and you can toss the PC's higher resolution cliche down the crapper.
Audio: Just hook this baby up to a Dolby Digital Surround Sound system and good bye to your PC sound system. Although some sounds were awkward it still was cool.
Suggestions: MAKE MODS!!!!
Overall Score: 10.0 / 10
